Sentences with phrase «face of the education reform»

May 25, 2012 at 12:23 pm Is Mike Miles The New Face Of Education Reform?

-LSB-...] helped cement Michelle Rhee as the face of education reform in America.

Still, Geoffrey Canada, founder of Harlem Children's Zone and a prominent face of the education reform movement, lauded the measures.

Not exact matches

Moskowitz, a 49 - year - old former Upper East Side councilwoman, is the face of the city's charter - school movement — and by extension a player in the national debate over education reform.

Education reform advocates, on the other hand, are facing the possibility that de Blasio is elected mayor and immediately works to stop the expansion of NYC's charter schools:

NYSUT is pledging to defend New York's teacher tenure system in the face of a legal challenge backed by former CNN anchor Campbell Brown's education reform organization.

In staking out platforms in the coming months for what will likely be a feisty GOP primary, Republicans face two quandaries regarding education policy: They need to distinguish their positions from Obama's centrist education reforms, and they need to win over the Republican base, fueled by some Tea Party energy, that will push for the U.S. Department of Education to be dismantled aleducation policy: They need to distinguish their positions from Obama's centrist education reforms, and they need to win over the Republican base, fueled by some Tea Party energy, that will push for the U.S. Department of Education to be dismantled aleducation reforms, and they need to win over the Republican base, fueled by some Tea Party energy, that will push for the U.S. Department of Education to be dismantled alEducation to be dismantled altogether.

In Michigan, where legislative action on school reform has been put on hold until questions of funding equity have been settled, voters will face two ballot referenda — each with a different sales - tax equation — that could add new funds to the education coffers.

It was not so much that his street - level tactics and confrontational style violated protest orthodoxy, but that he had the capacity to revise his thinking dramatically to suit the circumstances that he faced — even to the extent of giving up some of the socialist principles associated with nationalist thinking to endorse market education reforms such as school vouchers, charter schools, and parental choice.

On top of the daily challenges of education, which include standards - based reform, pressing state and federal mandates, and high stakes accountability, the Meridian educators were facing a year of unfamiliarity in leadership considering a newly - hired superintendent and an administration that is approximately one - third new.

Reports of dismal standardized test scores headline those struggles, which have become the impetus for policymakers bent on reforming education in a city whose educators face many challenges.

In the last year, Republican enthusiasm for education reform on Capitol Hill has evaporated in the face of the Tea Party movement's extreme anti-federalism.

The problem facing education in America isn't the ethnic diversity of the population but the economic inequality of society, and this is precisely the problem that Finnish education reform addressed.

By focusing their efforts primarily on improving schools for black and Latino students living in urban communities, has the education reform movement missed another group facing economic challenges and in need of better educational opportunity?

England's Secretary of State for Education Michael Gove MP delivered the dinner keynote address at the National Summit for Education Reform 2013 in Boston recently, where he discussed the challenges that both England and the United States face in advancing eEducation Michael Gove MP delivered the dinner keynote address at the National Summit for Education Reform 2013 in Boston recently, where he discussed the challenges that both England and the United States face in advancing eEducation Reform 2013 in Boston recently, where he discussed the challenges that both England and the United States face in advancing educationeducation.

• The public's surprisingly durable belief that education reform is one of the most critical issues facing the nation - a belief heartily shared by impatient business leaders and elected officials.

Several integrated strategies offer the prospect of protecting, possibly promoting, education reform in the face of a new fiscal austerity.

Lawsuits proliferated and the state continued to threaten to withhold funding until finally, in 1997, in the face of several court - imposed deadlines, the state and city reached a settlement requiring major management and education reforms in the school district.

Gov. Mike Huckabee of Arkansas has proposed a broad education reform plan for a state that has struggled to improve student achievement in recent years, and that faces a court order to overhaul how it pays for schools.

Yet all indications now are that Alexander has largely abandoned his lifetime of education reform work in the face of the new anti-federal mood.

· AFC Press Release: Education Reform Leaders: Union Official's Disingenuous Argument Ignorant of History, «Spat in the face» of Parents and Students of Color

Today, our nation's education system continues to face stagnating achievement gains, despite nearly 10 years of federal education reform efforts.

The No Child Left Behind law, the major education reform effort of the last decade, is overlaid by a gloss of civil rights rhetoric, but it has done nothing to address the concentration of black and Latino students in the same schools, and the lack of resources they face.

United Federation of Teachers president Michael «I'm going to punch you in the face» Mulgrew said, «This letter comes right out of the playbook of the hedge funders for whom education «reform» has become a pet cause and who poured money into the Cuomo re-election campaign.»

Michael Petrilli of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, a Washington - based education advocacy group, said the family will face a tough choice among public, private and charter schools in a city where attempts at education reform have become symbolic of the issue nationwide.

Advocates of integrating technology education in teacher education face a significant obstacle that may not be experienced by other curriculum reformers — they probably do not know much about curriculum reform.

Whereas the Seattle Education Association went on a one day strike last spring in protest of the current reform movement that is damaging public education and, therefore stood tall for all public school teachers across the country facing similar reforms, including members of the Port Jefferson Station Teachers AssociaEducation Association went on a one day strike last spring in protest of the current reform movement that is damaging public education and, therefore stood tall for all public school teachers across the country facing similar reforms, including members of the Port Jefferson Station Teachers Associaeducation and, therefore stood tall for all public school teachers across the country facing similar reforms, including members of the Port Jefferson Station Teachers Association; and

Next week, NFER's Chief Executive, Carole Willis, will be chairing a panel discussion for the Centre for Market Reform in Education on the challenges of developing parent - facing accountability.

Andrew Blumenfeld, a 20 - year - old member of the La Canada, Calif. school board (and a public face of Students for Education Reform), offering reasons why it is so hard to transform education through the traditional district model — and why it must be abandoned for the Hollywood Model of Education that will allow for the creation of schools fit for the futures of the children they are supposed Education Reform), offering reasons why it is so hard to transform education through the traditional district model — and why it must be abandoned for the Hollywood Model of Education that will allow for the creation of schools fit for the futures of the children they are supposed education through the traditional district model — and why it must be abandoned for the Hollywood Model of Education that will allow for the creation of schools fit for the futures of the children they are supposed Education that will allow for the creation of schools fit for the futures of the children they are supposed to serve.

The education secretary has in her grasp some key levers to head off the perfect storm that is beginning to gather: in seeking information, before the election, about the workload challenges facing schools, she knows that: Ofsted needs extensive reform, possibly replaced with validated peer - to - peer accountability and the incoherent sequencing and pace of curriculum changes need to be rethought with school leaders thinking about what will have a significant impact on children's learning.

After a decade of gathering momentum, reform politics began to founder in the face of communities fighting for equitable and progressive public education.

This process can only begin with complete candor about the current status of public education in Texas, the progress of our reform efforts to date, the prognosis for achieving the essential universal educational proficiency of our children, and the daunting challenges that we face in doing so.

The Corporate Education Reform Industry, with the help of elected officials likes of Dannel Malloy, Andrew Cuomo, Jeb Bush and others, have used the problems facing public schools in poorer communities to institute an agenda of more standardized testing, inappropriate teacher evaluation programs and the privatization of public education through the creation of privately owned, but publicly funded charterEducation Reform Industry, with the help of elected officials likes of Dannel Malloy, Andrew Cuomo, Jeb Bush and others, have used the problems facing public schools in poorer communities to institute an agenda of more standardized testing, inappropriate teacher evaluation programs and the privatization of public education through the creation of privately owned, but publicly funded chartereducation through the creation of privately owned, but publicly funded charter schools.

The issue is that Governor Malloy's education reform bill sets up a system of Commissioner's Network Schools to focus resources on a set of schools that face the greatest challenges when it comes to academic achievement.

Having just completed a brutal round of jousting in the interest of public education reform during the Texas legislative session, I have a renewed appreciation for the obstacles we face in achieving meaningful systemic change in our education delivery system.

Brown's Funding Plan Faces Vigorous Review — and Speed Bump The chair of the Assembly Education Committee turned Gov. Jerry Brown's comprehensive plan for education finance reform into bill form Thursday, ensuring that all aspects will get an extensive review, while raising the possibility that the plan may not pass in time to take effect July 1, as the governEducation Committee turned Gov. Jerry Brown's comprehensive plan for education finance reform into bill form Thursday, ensuring that all aspects will get an extensive review, while raising the possibility that the plan may not pass in time to take effect July 1, as the governeducation finance reform into bill form Thursday, ensuring that all aspects will get an extensive review, while raising the possibility that the plan may not pass in time to take effect July 1, as the governor wants.

Are there democratically - controlled school choice alternatives to the private control that dominates the current education reform conversation (charters and vouchers) that address the needs of students faced with unequal conditions?

Sarah Darer Littman goes on to explain more about Malloy's «two - faced» approach when it comes to the issue of «education reform» and «social justice reform.»

Legislators will be faced with the opportunity to strengthen this proposed new law or continue to look away while the education reform industry and their supporters undermine the privacy rights of students, parents and teachers.

At their first face - to - face meeting three days ago, before the Illinois Education Association, Quinn said he wouldn't «charterize» public education, a reference to Rauner's version of schooEducation Association, Quinn said he wouldn't «charterize» public education, a reference to Rauner's version of schooeducation, a reference to Rauner's version of school reform.

In case you missed it, Steven Brill wrote a relatively balanced piece in this weekend's New York Times Magazine about the national education reform landscape — and how teachers unions are truly facing a sink - or - swim moment of reinvention.

Higher Education Finance Reform: Building a shared understanding between public policy makers and higher education leaders of the finance system challenges facing California public universities, as well as practical ways to soEducation Finance Reform: Building a shared understanding between public policy makers and higher education leaders of the finance system challenges facing California public universities, as well as practical ways to soeducation leaders of the finance system challenges facing California public universities, as well as practical ways to solve them.

And the Achievement First issue becomes far more complex and serious because in the very center of the education reform debate is now a Commissioner of Education who has been part of Achievement First since it was created and now faces what is certainly a direct conflict of interest or at least the appearance of a conflict of education reform debate is now a Commissioner of Education who has been part of Achievement First since it was created and now faces what is certainly a direct conflict of interest or at least the appearance of a conflict of Education who has been part of Achievement First since it was created and now faces what is certainly a direct conflict of interest or at least the appearance of a conflict of interest.

The education secretary is aiming to spread his gospel of teacher accountability, pushing education reform in the face of massive state budget cuts and his own recent decision to unilaterally waive components of the federal No Child Left Behind education law.

Faced with the potential that their hand - picked private vendor would not be selected by the local community, the Mayor of Hartford, the Hartford Board of Education, corporate education reform industry advocacy groups AND the Malloy Administration conspired to concoct a strategy that effectively eliminated appropriate parent invEducation, corporate education reform industry advocacy groups AND the Malloy Administration conspired to concoct a strategy that effectively eliminated appropriate parent inveducation reform industry advocacy groups AND the Malloy Administration conspired to concoct a strategy that effectively eliminated appropriate parent involvement.

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A week ago I issued a request to the paid spokespeople of the Corporate Education Reform Industry in Connnecticut to set up a debate to discuss the educational issues facing Connecticut.

Today I am asking WNPR's Where We Live, WFSB's Face the State, FOXCT's The Real Story, CT Report with Steve Kotchko and other appropriate news forums to host a debate between myself and any one of the leaders of these corporate advocacy fronts such as Jeffrey Villar, the Executive Director of Connecticut Council for Education Reform and Jennifer Alexander, the Chief Executive Officer of ConnCAN.

Instead, both political parties, and all levels of government, have advanced reforms that, while well intentioned, have not risen to the level necessary to address the depth and breadth of the daunting challenges of equity and excellence facing American public education at the beginning of the 21st century.»

Facing push back from teachers and parents about the pace and nature of education reforms, Governor Malloy was forced to call for a «slow down» in the pace of reforms, especially tying teacher evaluations to standardized test results.